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Long-time Montrose city manager, stricken with cancer, will soon run out of leave time.
New board officers for Ouray Chamber Resort Assn… SMPA projects no rate increases for 2011… Auberge residences at Element 52.
Ridgway Resident John Randolph performed ‘Two Pesos Pobres’ in New Orleans at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs on Dec. 8…Telluride’s Lustre Gallery celebrates its fifth anniversar...
POURED OVER ROCKS – Rain and warm temps closed the Ouray Ice Park Monday just two days after it opened. Cracks opened in the undermined icicles. Some chunks calved off into the gorge. Colder temperatures are expected once the Pineapple Express storm system moves through, as early as Thursday. The 16th annual Ouray Ice Festival remains on schedule for Jan. 6-9. (Photo by Mike Bryson)
Weather system has hammered some regions with snow, left others almost untouched.
Renowned writer and filmmaker Wade Davis presents a photographic exposition that focuses on the shared birthplace of three of British Columbia’s great salmon-bearing rivers as a Dec. 26 Mountainfil...
The three local school districts are among 14 districts in the state to be given the “Accredited with Distinction” ranking.
EMPTY STOREFRONTS — Main Street in Montrose has many empty storefronts, but the new voter-approved Downtown Development Authority is working on plans to revitalize, revamp and restore the downtown economy.(Photo by Beverly Corbell)
Downtown Montrose merchants work together to improve the business environment.
CRUX MOVE – The new climbing wall at the Ridgway Secondary School is almost ready for climbing. Project engineer Matt Hepp displayed a piece of the impact floor that has yet to be laid down. The Ridgway/Ouray Climbing Team, a varsity sport this year for the first time, needs your donated holds, ropes and harnesses; they have only about half the equipment they need. The first competition is January 9. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
The new climbing wall at the Ridgway Secondary School is tantalizingly close to ready.
Breathe Wellness Center’s Rachel Barth integrates multiple modalities into therapeutic massage to offer transformative results for both body and mind.
“Recommending the closing of Bear Creek in the 80s, even with all the deaths, was a mistake.” San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters weighs in on the hot topic of enforcing the Bear Creek closure.
As many as 11 segments of the San Miguel River are being considered for potential designation as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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On a cold winter day on Telluride Ski Mountain, fresh hot mini donuts hit the spot.
KAREN SHERMAN PEREZ director of the Montrose chapter of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. (File photo)
Many local young people could have a better life through DREAM Act.
After five years on the job, Scott McQuade has taken a job closer to family.
Now a professional, Miller first strapped on a snowboard with the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club at the age of 13.
Work will begin next spring on skate park improvements…Energy Action Plan takes place…Master plan to be revisited in 2011.
Council approves Mountain Village hotel PUD… Plug pulled on affordable housing projects…Lean 2011 budget cleared…No guarantee on Society Turn roundabout funding.

Richard Holbrooke with his granddaughter Kitty.
The relationship between Holbrooke and his son David Holbrooke, and Telluride, helped to elevate Mountainfilm.
Meet Tom Chapman.
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)

MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)

BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)

GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)

HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)

PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)

TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)
